儉錢

Chinese

		frugal; to be in need	coin; money
trad. (儉錢)		儉	錢
simp. (俭钱)		俭	钱

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiām-chîⁿ / khiǎm-chîⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Magong, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiām-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khiām-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaxmcvii
    • IPA (Yilan): /kʰiam³³⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kʰiam²²⁻¹² t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiam³³⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /kʰiam³³⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiǎm-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khiǎm-tsînn
    • IPA (Lukang): /kʰiam³³⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴/

Verb

儉錢

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to save money

Synonyms

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• 儲蓄／储蓄 (chǔxù)
• 在錢／在钱 (Hokkien, in a financial institution)
• 存款 (cúnkuǎn) (in a financial institution)
• 存錢／存钱 (cúnqián)
• 貯金／贮金 (Hokkien)
• 貯錢／贮钱 (Hakka)

 

References

• “Entry #11007”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.